Point A) You're a ******* idiot with the retention capabilities of an ADD-addled 3 y/o
Point B) The states that seceded in the 1860s didn't care if it was legal
Point C) Just because a state does something, like allowing SSM, doesn't mean the Feds have to recognize it

You never specifically said it was legal. OK, wow, you win??? You still haven't made a point. Unless your point was, "something happened 150 years ago that has exactly zero bearing on anything we are talking about today. So there."

Posted by MikeT23 on 6/20/2013 4:14:00 PM (view original):Did you even read the thread BEFORE you posted?

BL was claiming 11 states legalized gay marriage. I pointed out that the Feds don't recognize it. That sometimes states do dumb ****(like secede). And the Feds "correct" the problem.

How ******* stupid are you?

Yikes. Again...a basic government class would do you some good.

The states have the power to regulate marriage, not the feds. The feds can't "correct" this, which is why DOMA is going to be tossed next week.

In the 1800's the states didn't have any legal basis for secession (like they do regarding their marriage laws) so they had to go to war to attempt it. Had it been legal, they would have done it without war.

the court further held that the Constitution did not permit states to unilaterally secede from the United States, and that the ordinances of secession, and all the acts of the legislatures within seceding states intended to give effect to such ordinances, were "absolutely null".

Your quote within my post is the closest thing you had to a point.

It's completely irrelevant today since no one is going to war over gay marriage. DOMA will get tossed and states will maintain control over marriage laws.

You never specifically said it was legal. OK, wow, you win??? You still haven't made a point. Unless your point was, "something happened 150 years ago that has exactly zero bearing on anything we are talking about today. So there."

Yeah, that's how I recalled it. You ran with something you made up in your tiny little head.

My point was, and still is, just because a state does something, the Feds don't have to recognize it.